The Kings Mountain Herald Established 1889 A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published (or the enlightenment, entertainment and benefit of the citizen* of Kings Mountain and fta vicinity, published every Friday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second 'lass matter at the postofflce at Kings Mountain, N. C., under Act o< Congress of March 3, 1873. Editorial Department Martin Harmon Editor- Publisher Charles T. Carpenter, Jr. ; . Sports, Circulation, News Mr*. P. D. Hern don ; Society Mechanical Department Eugene Matthews Horace Walker Ivan Weave* Paul Jackson Charles Odems TELEPHONES: Society. 167; Other. 283 SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE ONE YEAR? $2.00 SIX MONTHS? $1.10 THREE MONTHS? .60 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness- but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. II Peter 3:9. Major Bulwinkle The death of Congressman A. L. Bul winkle last week came as a surprise to his friends through the district and in Washington, in spite of the fact that he had been in ill health for the past two years and had been almost completely confined to his bed at his home in Gas* tonia in. recent months. The major was ope of the long-time veterans in Congress, where he had ser ved, with the excxeption of only one term, since his first nomination and election in 1920. Congressman Bulwinkle was an in teresting personality. He was not a particularly forceful speaker, and many times he had strong opposition for the Democratic nomina tion. It was legend for the last many years when he had opposition that, "No body ever, says he's going to vote for Bulwinkle, yet he always wins. Fer haps the Bulwinkle supporters were less vociferous than those of the opposition. The secret, the Herald believes, of Congressman Bulwinkle's election suc cesses was his complete willingness to render the smallest personal service ask ed of him when it was possible for him and his Congressional office to accom plish it. It made no difference to the Ma jor whether a constituent was of high or low estate, or whether the request was for information, influence, or what ever. He gave speedy service. In Congress, Mr. Bulwinkle was high ly respected by his colleagues, and he was a hard worker on the several impor tant committees on which he served. School Days School is underway again, which means that, the majority of youngster? are again trudging the regular paths to school buildings of the nation, in a na tion where more people get an opportu nity for education than any other. ? All don't capitalize on the opportuni ty. Some children are allowed to stop school at too early an age, and others dawdle away. their time in school, learn little, and become discouraged. . " The schools can't do it all. The oppor tunity is there. Parents could probably do more than any other one group to make the schools more productive of good results. It calls for some strong home discipline, which parents find it might ly hard to maintain in many instances. It is natural for youngsters to think more about the next football game, the forthcoming movie and being out with the crowd, than the tedium of going through the books on tomorrow's les sons. A concerted policy hv parents to question rather strongly that old stu dent dodge "I studied my lessons in school" would do much to quicken the learning pace in the schools of the na tion. It seems mighty early to be talking a bout Christmas, but the merchants re port that some early-bird salesmen are already around showing lines for Spring '51. Thus the merchants aren't starting too early on their Christmas opening plans which has been scheduled for No vember 30. This date sounds like a hap py one. in that Thanksgiving will be out of the way, a policy Kings Mountain has customarily followed. It is interesting to note that many of the big cities, which have been trying to start Christmas in the middle of the autumn, are finally bowing to the will of the people ? who don't want to start Christmas until af ter Thanksgiving. Road Program Last week's summation of the work completed in Cleveland County under the initial phases of the state's $200,000, 000 secondary road improvement pro gram showed that 34.5 miles of road had been hard-surfaced. While the report could have looked better from the Kings Mountain area's standpoint (showing only 5.3 miles of paving in the area), it is pleasing to note that other work in the Kings Mountain area is now in progress, and that bids were received last week on an additional 14.2 miles in this section of the county. This newspaper and individual citi zens wasted no time in informing incom ing Highway Commissioner Joseph Gra ham that the area, as far as farm-to-mar ket roads was concerned, had been a red haded step-child in the past, and Com missioner Graham promised JJiat he ?wmrlrt dry his tn]"sT tn rfrnnge that 3iTua tion. The fact of the hard-surfacing of the Oak Grove road indicates that Commis sioner Graham did not forget his prom ise, and the new projects scheduled in dicate that travel will be considerably easier in this section henceforth. While the Herald anticipates that more roads will be hard-surfaced and j otherwise improved during the remain der of the program, it does not seem too early to say "thank you" to Commis sioner Graham. Send Jones As the Charlotte Observer pointed out Monday, it seems quite foolish that a special election will be required to se lect an 11th district Congressman to fill out the unexpired portion of the term of the late Representative Bulwinkle, par ticularly when Congress will be in ses sion little of the time, if any, and with another Congressman to be elected In November. But that is the law. Governor Scott indicated last week end he would set the date in the near fu- j ture, and it will probably have been set by the time this appears in print. The Governor could (or could have, as the case may be) save the state and the sev eral counties a considerable aggregate sum by setting the special election on the same date as the November election. From the standpoint of practicability, the Herald hopes that the citizen elected for the brief interim will be Woodrow W. Jones, the Democratic nominee, who almost certainly will be the Congress man beginning in January. The potential advantage is that Mr. Jones, should he be the interim Congressman, would go into his first full session as a sophomore Congressman, rather than as a fresh man. Committee appointments are bas ed on seniority, and this would enhance the standing of the 11th district repre sentative. A best bow to the Mountaineer Club for again insuring the high school foot ball team against injury, In times past, such provision was not made, resulting sometimes in hardships for the parents of youths injured in athletic play, as well as in embarrassment for the school. It is another sample of Mountaineer Club activity, and added evidence that j this organization deserves the support of sportsmen in Kings Mountain. The Beth-Ware Fair begins next Thursday and our guess is that it will be a most successful one. Much interest is being evidenced in the agricultural ex hibits and. of course, the youngsters will provide the parents with sufficient ex cuses for "just having to attend." YEARS AGO Items of news taken from the 1940 files of the THIS W EFK Kings Mountain Herald. The enrollment for the first >Th' men I I talked to were hardly in a plea- - sant mood." t-n-a 'But" he continued, "there are the usual funny incidents around a group of army men, and this time was no exception. One guy was particularly bitter about the prospects of army duty. I don't know what was wrong with him. but when the major In charge of the examina tions told him he was disqual ified for active service, he Jumped straight up in th? air and gave a loud whoopee." The funniest crack, though, was by a young fellow who said his wife wen expecting a new arrival in a month. "She nearly had it last weekend when the mailman brought these orders."' the man told Fred. t-n-a Charlie says that while going down, he had about decided returning to duty wouldn't be too bad ? until the examina tion business started. Only two doctors were on duty ? the major in charge, and a Negro lieutenant who was a foot specialist The number of ex perienced enlisted medics were quite few, too. and, it develop ed. quite a few of the men giv ing the several examinations (blood pressure, blood tests, etc..) were doing the Job for the first time. Some were hospital ired themselves, and. a earing the out-patient category, had been pressed into service. Char lie noticed one of these new medics running the blood test line butcher up the guy in front of him and determined he was going to come out better. He asked the neophyte medic to let him do his own sttcldng, but the medic insisted he had benefited by experience. In or der to help out (both himself and the medic), Charlie put a good squeese on his arm and the vein bulged up to a nice big target Amazingly, the medic hit on the first up only to for get his business in the coarse of conversation and let the needle fall sot Several more s tickings weas required otter that om Charlie came back with a butchered up am which is still black and blue from the rivers el the ordeal. I Pit it * -> , ?y 4. c. Gordon ISirtl* and Rrast* M'ROSS 1? tike . *??; 2 ? Thr animal that look* like a convict 7- -Three toed sloth 9 A locge number c?f fish 1 1? L \tfir nuruber* of shfep I 3? Either 1 5 ? Roman numeral 16- Non flyirtl hireAk volubly 28 - -The lowest Jeck of a^hipofwar 20? Animal retreats JO? -Poetical pronoun 31 Period* of time ( abbrev 3 J Numeral 34- -A flap 36 ? To disseminata 38 ? Grain container 40? Chemical symbol (or nickel 41 ? A kind of large ms duck See The Want Ad Section Foe This Week'* Completed Punle 43? Preposition 4 4 ? A kind of swift running dog <6 ? Navigating implements 4JB ? Church dignitaries SO* ? Male aquatic bird S2 ? Personal pronoun 33 ? Catcher of a certain kind of snake-like fl*h $4 ? Toward DOWN 1 r Like 2 -*-'A ten duck 3? Homes for captured, animals 4 ? 'Sp anish article S - Radio Frequency ( abbrev ) 6 ? Mans name 7 ? With hands fen hip 8??-E*ists 10 ? Period of time f abbrev ) . 1 2? -Roman 99 14 ? A crustacean inhabi tant of the sea 16 ? Well* known fish eating animal I 7 ? Chemical symbsl Uf terbium 1 ?? Pronoun 19>? Long-legged wading bird 10? The mark of the good bird dog 71 ? A well-known beetle 24 ? American sky-colored songbird IS ? The eggs of Ashes 27? Printers measure 0 ? Chemical symbol fof germanium SI ? Roan (abbrev.) Other Editor's Viewpoints SHAKY STATES ~ (Smithfield Herald) If the 1951 General Assembly follows the State Constituaion, it will reapportion .its membership on the basis of shifts in popula tion revealed by the 1950 census. As the picture now stands, Johnston County will neither gain nor lose any representation tn the legislature. But our posi ?tioii is none too secure. Unless the county's population expands at a more rapid rate, we Johnsto nians 10 years hence may find ourselves with only one House member instead of two. Political newsmen in Raleigh have been studying the probable changes tn legislative represen tation.. They find that Alamance and Rockingham counties are in line to gain a House member a piece, from one to two members, while Pitt and Cabarrus each may lose a representative. Citation of a few population fi gures will Show how close John ston County has come to losing a House members. The 1950 census gives CahaTrus 64,010 inhabitants and Pitt 63,- I 750. Bach of these counties show ed population gains, but noth ing like the gains made by Ala mance and Rockingham. Ala mance added 1,608 Inhabitants to reach a total of 71,035 and Rock ingham moved up to 64,956 by gajning 7,067 since 1940. Johnston County, with a gain of approximately 2,000, now has 65,751 inhabitants and, in the e vent of reapportionment in 1951, would likely Stand next to the bottom among counties having 1 two members in the House. At the present rate of growth, Rockingham would slip ahead of Johnston during the nineteen fif ties and we would face Stiff com petiton for the two-seat classifi cation from such counties as Cle veland, Wayne; Pitt, Cabarrus and New Hanover ? all of which have 1950 populations ranging between 63,300 and 64.350. Johnston's problem, as revealed by the census figures, is to dis cover ways of providing employ ment for the increasing numbw of persons forced to leave the farms because of crop curtail ment or mechanization. We must confess that wedidnV do so well tors told Chaxlie he was tem porarily disqualified due to a chronic asthma condition, and Fred is rather hopeful the oc casional troufelee he has with c leg which got In the wary of a German machine gun bullet in the last fracas will dlecourge the army from wanting more service out of him. Sneak thieves era the lowett form of burr ?? ??y, but they continue to find new volunteer* to join their ranks. Your protection against them i* Burglary Insurance placed through this agency where protec tion is assured. in meeting the problem during the nineteen forties. Our inadequacy In this respect j may not cost us represenation in !j the legislature. It already is cost ing the county heavily in econo mic Strength and Is serious e nough to demand the thought ful attention of our leadership. Letter To Editor [The Kings Mouutaln Herald, 1 Kings Mountain, N. C. Gentlemen: On behalf of the Shelby Lions ' Club, and the other agencies that cooperated in the promotion of the Gardner-Webb College Mir ACLE FARM DAY. I would like to express our sincere apprecia tion to The Herald for the wond erful cooperation that was given us in the promotion of the pro ject. Without the complete back ing of the newspapers, the proj ect could never have developed as it did. Even though we did not get to complete all of the work that was planned on Thursday, due to the rain, a great amount of the work was accomplished, and when the seeding is finished on (Monday, we believe that Mir acle Farm Day will be success fully concluded. Again thanking you for your interest and assistance, and with kindest Tegards, we are, Sincerely yours, SHELBY LIONS CLUB. R. T. LeGrand, Jr., President. FAMILY FRIEND... > ? * ? ? A family lM(r Irral a bever age, GOLDEN GUERNSEY Milk addt extra energy-value to cooked dleheal Beaidca, the half pint at cream which top* each quart make* deUriout "emergency" butter. Try .him 1*1 GOLDEN GUERNSEY top milk Mood 24 howl. Mr trig to room temperature. Beat with electric mircr in tkallow bowi until hitter le^arotd from ? termJUt. Knead MM mnitmre. S ah to Ktittf TRY SOME Or OUR GOLDEN GUERNSEY CREAM TODAY! Bnit Whip ZJPJLi Use Phosphate With Alfalfa At Planting Annual topdressing will hardly be needed ii alfalfa is fertilized with enough phosphorous at planting time, in the opinion of W. W. Wood house, Jr., soil scien tist with the North Carolina Ex periment Station. Phosphorous, potash and n'trogen aTe the three main elements reeded in fertiliz ing new alfalfa. The reason phosphate lasts a ling time, says Woodhouse. is that it does not leach out of the soil as does potash. Neither do the plants take up more phos phorous than they can use effi ciently. Woodhouse has conducted sev eral tests in which the original application of phosphorous was still boosting alfalfa yields three to five years later. In one such test, three different plots were treated in 1943 with "no phos phorous," "40 pounds of phos phorus," and "160 pounds of phosphorus" per acre. Five years later, in 1948, the yield oi hay from these plots were 5,863, 6,283 and 7,009 pounds per acre, re spectively. These results, says Woodhouse, suggest the practice of applying a high rate of phosphorus at seeding and then maintaining this with occasional light top dressings. As with many?other plants, al falfa is very sensitive to the, phosphorous level during the time it is becoming established. The young seedlings se?ms to get a bog boost from thij mater ial. Woodhouse recommends using from 700 to 1,000 pounds of a 2 12-12 feftilizzer per acre in start ing alfalfa. Between 25 and 35 pounds of agricultural borax should be added to this, since al falfa responds to small amount I of borax. Dr. James S. Bailey OPTOMETRIST Examination, Diagnosis, Glasses Fitted Office open each Friday 10 A. M. to 5 P. M. 214 Mountain St. Next Door To Imperial Theatre ?????wwwawwBiaw wwww wawttwHiiOTiwnigHt.VHMiwuiiwiMi ?Quality Cleaning? ? That's The Brand You Get At ? WEAVERS CLEANING I "Saui* t' ten. \ U bett&i titan Sieamut' a UuuUand rr I Before you spend a penny, spend a few minutes in our Pay day Receiving Line! FIBST NATIONAL BANK Member F D I C A GOOD NAME IS A RICELCSS POSSESSION Without thf espect that goes with a good name no business can long endure. We all know the importance of a good name. In personal life it is the hall-mark of respect. In the life of a business it is a matter of necessity. Respect for a good name must be earned. 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